Closet attachment



(No Model.)

R. V.' BARACO. CLOSET ATTACHMENT.

No. 425,972. PatentedApr. 22, 1890.

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UNITE STATES ROSALIE V.

PATENT OFFICE.

EARAOO, OF FRESNO, CALIFORNIA.

CLOSET ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,972, dated April 22, 1890.

Application filed December 23, 1889. Serial No.334,'768. (No model.)

. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROSALIE V. BARAOO, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fresno, in the county of Fresno and State of Oalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Closet Attachments; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of said invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it most nearly appertains to make, use, and practice the same.

My invention has relation to certain new and useful improvements in closet attachments; and it consists of the parts and details of construction, as will hereinafter be more fully shown and described in the drawings and specification.

The present invention has no relation whatever to the closets in use at the present timethat is, to such as are in use in populated cities, for in such places the improved waterflow system is in general use; but the invention is expressly designed for use in connection with the ordinary vault-box closet commonly used in country places, more particularly to the surrounding country of the States of Mexico, Texas, and California.

It is a well-known fact that the country covered by the above enumerated States abounds in tarantulas and centipedes, and inasmuch as they are of an exceedingly venomous nature the life of the user of such closets is greatly endangered, for the reason that the tarantula and centipede easily climb the vault-wall, and thus gain access to the body, bite from either of which in most cases proves fatal to the victim.

The object of my invention is to provide, so to speak, a supplemental chamber or receptacle to the box-vault, which shall render access of the tarantula to the body an impossibility, and which at the same time presents a much neater appearance to the vault.

Referring to the drawings forming a part of this application, in which similar letters of reference are used to denote corresponding parts throughout the entire specification and several views of the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view in elevation, dotted lines showing the device in an opened position; Fig. 2, a rear view in elevation; Fig. 3, a modification of the receptacle-pan.

The letter A is used to indicate the closetseat, to which the bowl B is secured by means of the projecting ears or lugs Z) Z). This bowl is suspended over the vault of the closet by means of screws or bolts passing through the projecting ears or lugs before described. To one side of the bowl is secured to the under face of the seat A the standard or support 0, the lower or outer end of which is enlarged and bifurcated, so as to form arms 0. Between these arms I pivotally secure or fulcrum the operating-lever D, the end cl of which is made considerably heavier than the inner end, so as to form a balance-weight. lVithin the upper portion thereof is formed the arc-groove d. E is the lifting-handle, which is provided with the ordinary knob e. The lower end of said handle is bifurcated, so as to permit of its being pivotally connected to the grooved portion of the operating lever, as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. I

The letter F represents the reception-pan, which is pivotally secured near the inner end of the operating-lever by means of the downwardly-extending arms f. The extreme inner end of said lever forms a stop f for the turn of the pan F.

The operation of my device is as follows: A slight lift of the handle E raises the weighted end of the operating-lever by means of its movement within the grooved portion, which of necessity causes the downward throw of the inner end thereof, and with it is caused to be downward carried the pan F. As the reception-pan is thrown downward it makes a half-revolution, the under face thereof coming in contact with lever-stop f, which allows of the deposit thereon to be emptied into the vault. The weighted end of the operatinglever is sufficient to cause, upon releasing the lifting handle, the downward movement thereof and upward throw of the inner end. lVith this movement the pan F is thrown, upon coming in contact with the edge of the bowl, back into its normal position, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure protection in by Letters Patent of the United States, 1s

1. I11 a box-vault, the combination of the supplemental bowl secured to the seat thereof, bifurcated standard, operating-lever fulerumed Within the bifurcated portion of the standard, said lever having the groove formed in its upper portion, lifting-handle pivoted 5 Within said groove, and the reception-pan pivotally secured to the inner end of said operating lever and adapted upon the down- Ward movement of the lever to revolve by gravity, substantially as and for the purpose 10 shown and described.

2. In a b0X-vau1t,t11e combination of the 

